Investigators continue to find evidence of the occupiers' war crimes, despite Russia's attempts to conceal them.
In the Kyiv region, law enforcement officers found another mass grave, which may number about 900 Ukrainians killed by the Russian military. This was announced by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky at a press conference for Polish media.
He noted that investigators continue to find evidence of war crimes of the occupiers even after Russia's attempts to hide them, including the use of mobile crematoria.
“But still, they search and find. Imagine: there were so many killed that, despite the fact that they burned, found the grave of 900 people in the Kiev region. 900 people!” – Zelensky emphasized.
UPD: A spokesman for the President's Office, Serhiy Nikiforov, clarified that another mass grave was indeed found in the Kyiv region on April 29, the UE said in a comment. However, he said that referring to the 900 dead, the president was referring to the total number of victims found in the area near the recently discovered grave./p>
“There will be consequences, there will be an investigation, then there will be a census. We need to find all these people (killed by Russians – ed.) – we do not know how many,” said the president.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy also added that , according to the Ukrainian side, the occupiers forcibly deported to Russia about 500 thousand citizens. Although, as he noted, the Russians are talking about a million people “accepted” on their territory.
The President of Ukraine assured that all Russian servicemen involved in crimes against civilians will be brought to justice. And international recognition is important here.
“Our prosecutor's office, our law enforcement agencies will condemn all of them, that's understandable. International recognition is very important for us, it is very important,” Zelensky said.
, he explained that the international process of bringing Russia's leadership to justice may be lengthy, but must establish “historical justice”. According to him, Ukraine will insist on the establishment of an international tribunal.
“It should remain in the books, it should be passed down through the generations so that such things do not happen again. Because it should be offensive to the people and the state that took part in it. Even for future generations,” he said. >
At the press conference, Volodymyr Zelensky also called the Russian fake about Poland's alleged intention to capture the west of Ukraine an “information missile” that creates panic.
He stated that there were very high risks of terminating any negotiations between Ukraine and Russia.
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